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Mr. T. Ayres on Trans- Vaal Ornithology. 
201. GBdicnemus capensis, Lielit. Spotted Thicknee. 
The specimen sent was shot within three miles of the town 
of Potehefstroom. 
202. Sarciophorus albiceps, Gonld. White-crowned Wat- 
tied Plover (Fraser’s f Zoologia Typica/ pi. 64). 
This is the only bird of the kind I have ever met with; I 
shot it in a neighbours garden; it is a very rare visitant 
certainly. 
Total length 12f inches, bill 1|, tarsus 3i, wing 8, tail 4. 
Bill yellow at the base, black at the tip; wattles at the base 
of the bill yellow; iris pearly grey; tarsi and feet pale yel¬ 
lowish ; wings heavily spurred, first and second quills equal 
and longest; heel wanting. 
Under plumage, rump, basal half of tail and wings, front, 
crown, chin, and collar between the back and the neck pure 
white; first three primaries and tail much tipped with glossy 
black; wing-coverts glossy black; scapulars, tertials, and 
back pale umber-brown; neck and head ash-colour. 
[This specimen, together with several others, was unfor¬ 
tunately stolen in transitu from a box sent to me by Mr. 
Ayres; but the description which he has given of it seems to 
me to prove that Mr. Ayreses identification of the bird was 
correct.—J, H. G.] 
203. Ciconia alba, Linn. White Stork. 
This species is a rare visitant; and though great swarms of 
locusts visit us every year, the Storks do not seem to follow 
them hither. The specimen sent was a solitary wanderer 
stalking about on the open flats a mile out of Potchef- 
stroom. 
204. Herodiasgarzetta (Linn.). European Lesser Egret. 
This Egret is pretty common in this district, as is the case 
with the two succeeding species also. 
[The specimen sent was in winter plumage, with the bill 
yellow—J. H. G.] 
205. Nycticorax .egyptius (Hasselq.). European Night- 
Pier on. 
